[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 49 (Tuesday, March 13, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Pages 14770-14771]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-5977]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14368-000]


Catamount Metropolitan District; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission, Notice of Application Accepted for 
Filing, Ready for Environmental Analysis, and Soliciting Motions To 
Intervene and Protests, Comments, Final Terms and Conditions, 
Recommendations, and Prescriptions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Filing: Exemption from Licensing.
    b. Project No.: P-14368-000.
    c. Dated Filed: March 1, 2012.
    d. Submitted By: Catamount Metropolitan District (The District).
    e. Name of Project: Catamount Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Project description: The District is proposing to replace an 
aging stoplog gate at the Lake Catamount dam with a concrete wall 
containing a 6-ft by 6-ft sluice gate that can be used for the rapid 
release of water and installing a 695-kilowatt hydroelectric generator. 
Proposed facilities include a new multi-level intake constructed within 
the existing stoplog channel, a penstock, a powerhouse, and a 1.2-mile-
long buried transmission line from the powerhouse to the existing 
electric power line. The applicant estimates the project will to 
produce approximately 2,911 megawatt-hours of renewable energy 
annually.
    g. Location: The proposed project would be located on the Yampa 
River, approximately five miles south of the town of Steamboat Springs 
in Routt County, Colorado. The proposed project would not occupy any 
federal lands.
    h. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities Regulatory Policies Act of 
1978, 16 U.S.C. 2705, 2708.
    i. Applicant Contact: Gates Gooding, Catamount Metropolitan 
District, 1340 Blue Sage Drive, P.O. Box 772378, Steamboat Springs, CO 
880477.
    j. FERC Contact: Shana Murray at (202) 502-8333; or email at 
[email protected].
    k. A copy of the license application is available for review at the 
Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be

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viewed on the Commission's Web site (http://www.ferc.gov), using the 
``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three 
digits in the docket number field to access the document (P-13871). For 
assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected] 
or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, of for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in 
paragraph (h).
    Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    l. This application has been accepted for filing and is now ready 
for environmental analysis.
    m. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions in item (n) 
below.
    n. Deadline for filing motions to intervene and comments: Due to 
the small size and particular location of this project as well as the 
applicant's close coordination with the federal and state agencies in 
the preparation of the application, the 60-day timeframe in 18 CFR 
4.34(b) for filing motions to intervene and protests, comments, terms 
and conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions is shortened. 
Instead, motions to intervene and protests, comments, terms and 
conditions, recommendations, and prescriptions will be due 30 days from 
the issuance date of this notice. All reply comments must be filed with 
the Commission within 45 days from the date of this notice.
    All documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web 
site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the ``e-
Filing'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments 
click on ``Quick Comment''. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support at [email protected]; call toll-free at (866) 208-
3676; or, for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659. Although the Commission 
strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-
filed. To paper-file, mail an original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing 
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each 
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an 
intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to 
the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a 
particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document 
on that resource agency.
    o. Any qualified applicant desiring to file a competing application 
must submit to the Commission, on or before the specified intervention 
deadline date, a competing development application, or a notice of 
intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of 
intent allows an interested person to file the competing development 
application no later than 120 days after the specified intervention 
deadline date. Applications for preliminary permits will not be 
accepted in response to this notice.
    A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, 
and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an 
unequivocal statement of intent to submit a development application. A 
notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this 
public notice.
    Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in 
accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 
CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, 
the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but 
only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, 
protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the 
specified comment date for the particular application.
    All filings must (1) bear in all capital letters the title 
``PROTEST'', ``MOTION TO INTERVENE'', ``NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE 
COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMPETING APPLICATION,'' ``COMMENTS,'' or 
``REPLY COMMENTS,'' (2) set forth in the heading the name of the 
applicant and the project number of the application to which the filing 
responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the 
person protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 
copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any 
protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative 
of the applicant specified in the particular application. A copy of all 
other filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by 
proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by 
the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) 
and 385.2010.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
COLORADO STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICER (SHPO), as required by 
106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR pt. 800.4.
    q. Procedural Schedule and final amendments: We intend to accept 
the consultation that has occurred on this project during the pre-
filing period as satisfying our requirements for the standard 3-stage 
consultation process under 18 CFR 4.38 and for National Environmental 
Policy Act scoping. Based on a review of the application, resource 
agency consultation letters, and comments filed to date, Commission 
staff intends to prepare a single environmental assessment (EA) for the 
proposed project.

    Dated: March 6, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-5977 Filed 3-12-12; 8:45 am]
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